Mardistan
Original Title
Macholand- Director: Harjant Gill
- Writer: Harjant Gill; Abhishek Sharma
- Producer: Rajiv Mehrotra
CGiii Comment
A disparate group of men talk about being a man...you'll be asleep in next to no time!
And...there's a feminist scholar who throws in...bollocks!
There's no artistry...it's simply a point-and-shoot exercise.
Watch...
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The(ir) Blurb...
Mardistan (Macholand) is an exploration of Indian manhood articulated through the voices of four men from different generations and backgrounds. A middle-aged writer trying to make sense of the physical and sexual abuse he witnessed studying in an elite military academy, a Sikh father of twin daughters resisting the pressure to produce a son, a young 20-year-old college student looking for a girlfriend with whom he can lose his virginity, and a working-class gay activist coming out to his wife after twenty years of marriage. Together, their stories make up different dimensions of what it means to be a man in India today. Mardistan (Macholand) starts a conversation on critical issues including patriarchy, son preference, sexual violence and homophobia in a nation increasingly defined by social inequalities.
Cast & Characters
Dhananjay Chauhan as Himself;
Tarun Dhamija as Himself;
Nivedita Menon as Herself;
Amandeep Sandhu as Himself;
Gurpreet Singh as Himself